<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!--

    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
    distributed with this work for additional information
    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
    specific language governing permissions and limitations
    under the License.

-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<title>Change Method Parameters Dialog Box</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="ide.css" title="Oracle BLAFDoc" type="text/css"/>
</head>

<body>
<p><a id="org.netbeans.modules.refactoring.java.ui.ChangeParametersUI" name="org.netbeans.modules.refactoring.java.ui.ChangeParametersUI"></a></p>
<div id="NBCSH2882"><!-- infolevel="all" infotype="General" --><a id="sthref370" name="sthref370"></a>
<h1>Change Method Parameters Dialog Box</h1>
<a name="BEGIN" id="BEGIN"></a>
<p>Use to specify options for the <b>Change Method Parameters</b> refactoring command. 
<object classid="java:org.netbeans.modules.javahelp.BrowserDisplayer">
<param name="content" value="http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=nb8200&id=NBDAG587">
<param name="text" value="<html><u>How?</u></html>">
<param name="textFontSize" value="medium">
<param name="textColor" value="blue">
</object>
</p>

<table summary="Descriptions of change method or parameter options." dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="hsides" rules="groups" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<col width="42%" />
<col width="*" />
<thead>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t2">Element</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t2">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r2c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>Parameters</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t2 r1c2-t2">Lists parameters for the method. Click <b>Add</b>, <b>Move Up</b>, and <b>Move Down</b> to add and rearrange the order of parameters.
<p>Click <b>Remove</b> to remove any parameters that you have added in the dialog box but that you do not want to keep.</p>
<p>Click in a cell in the method type, name, and default value columns of the Parameters table to edit a value.</p>
<p>Press Ctrl-Space to use code completion to choose a parameter type and name.</p>
<p>Click the ellipsis button (...) on the left of the <b>Type</b> and <b>Return type</b> fields to display the Find Type dialog box.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r3c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>Access</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t2 r1c2-t2">Displays the four possible accessibility modifiers (<code dir="ltr">public</code>, <code dir="ltr">protected</code>, <i>default</i>, and <code dir="ltr">private</code>).
<p>Select the accessibility modifier that you want the method to have.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r4c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>Return type</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t2 r1c2-t2">Specifies a method's return type.
<p>Press Ctrl+Space to use the IDE's code completion feature.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r5c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>Code Generation</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t2 r1c2-t2">Generates the selected items: <b>Update Existing Method</b> and <b>Create new Method and Delegate from Existing Method</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r6c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Update Existing Method</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t2 r1c2-t2">Regenerates the method and incorporate the most recent changes into the method's code</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r7c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create new Method and Delegate from Existing Method</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t2 r1c2-t2">Generates a new delegate method.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td align="left" id="r8c1-t2" headers="r1c1-t2">
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Method Signature Preview</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t2 r1c2-t2">(read-only) Displays what the method signature looks like if you apply the changes that you have specified in the dialog box.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
<!-- -->
<a id="NBCSH2890" name="NBCSH2890"></a>
<hr><p><b>Related Topics</b></p>
<p><i>Developing Applications with NetBeans IDE</i>, 
<object classid="java:org.netbeans.modules.javahelp.BrowserDisplayer">
<param name="content" value="http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=nb8200&id=NBDAG547">
<param name="text" value="<html><u>&quot;Refactoring Java Projects&quot;</u></html>">
<param name="textFontSize" value="medium">
<param name="textColor" value="blue">
</object>
</p>

<!-- -->
<!-- Start Footer -->


<table summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" width="86%"><a href="legal_notice.htm">
Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements; and to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0.</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- -->
</body>
</html>
